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I can't understand how Postmates is so big. I've tried them twice. Both times the food took over 1.5 hours to be delivered and was cold. Just order pizza or Chinese.
> Both times the food took over 1.5 hours to be delivered and was cold. This is a feature, not a bug. > Just order pizza or Chinese. That's so 1999. The hip, ultra-efficient city-dwellers of 2015 have Soylent on tap.
Honestly if there is a bubble and if it does burst, I'm putting my money on Postmates as the first company that will go out of business.
This kind of dismissal makes for a bad HN comment. There's nothing substantive here—just peevishness, and an implied desire to see others fail.
I actually question their business model because I think something like Sprig will be far more specialized to cut costs sustainably than something like a Postmates will ever be able to.
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This kind of dismissal makes for a bad HN comment. There's nothing substantive here—just peevishness, and an implied desire to see others fail.
You're absolutely right, I kinda just posted the first thing that popped in my head. I actually question their business model because I think something like Sprig will be far more specialized to cut costs sustainably than something like a Postmates will ever be able to.
For future reference, the specific thought in your second sentence is the kind of thing that makes for a substantive critique instead of a generic dismissal, and if you added a bit more detail about why you think this—something for people to consider and respond to—then you'd have a fine comment. We're certainly not trying to eliminate critique.
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> Both times the food took over 1.5 hours to be delivered and was cold. This is a feature, not a bug. > Just order pizza or Chinese. That's so 1999. The hip, ultra-efficient city-dwellers of 2015 have Soylent on tap.
please elaborate on how being so late is a feature please? i don't get it